As the Jets quarterback begins his age-40 season, we ranked the 40 best games of Rodgers' career so far with the help of advanced stats.
is 40 years old and has spent half of his life playing in the NFL. This season marks the beginning of Rodgers' era with theTo determine Rodgers' most valuable games, we needed a stat that balances efficiency and volume.
Where does Rodgers' epic 2010 divisional round game against the Falcons land? What about his six-touchdown domination of the Bears in 2014? Let's start the countdown from No. 40 to No. 1 with a narrow victory over the 49ers -- who also happen to be Rodgers' Week 1"Monday Night Football" opponent , along with touchdown passes to receivers Donald Driver and James Jones. Rodgers also had his own rushing touchdown on a 9-yard bootleg in the third quarter.
Carolina scored on the ensuing drive to take a 35-31 lead. Rodgers then threw a pick to Panthers linebacker Jon Beason with 1:19 left, effectively ending the game.This Thursday night game was all Packers, as Rodgers threw for 173 yards and a touchdown to Adams. He also threw a touchdown pass to Lewis and two tothrew for 379 yards and five touchdown passes with no picks. Warner's 380 DYAR is the second-highest quarterback game of the past 40 years.
Rodgers did plenty of damage, too, with 159 receiving yards going to Finley and Jennings getting 130. However, Rodgers' DYAR is hurt by the pick he threw to cornerbackearly in the game plus the five sacks he took. The worst one, of course, came in overtime, when defensive back Michael Adams stripped Rodgers on a safety blitz, which linebacker Karlos Dansby scooped up and returned for the game-ending touchdown.
Green Bay took a 14-0 lead early, with Nelson torching Antrel Rolle for an 80-yard touchdown on play-action, and James Jones catching a short touchdown pass on third-and-goal to end a 56-yard drive. The Giants tied it up with two touchdowns of their own in the second quarter, but it was mostly Packers the rest of the way. Jennings led Green Bay with seven catches for 142 yards. The other touchdown passes went to James Jones, Donald Lee and Kuhn.
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